Catman..._array(3pm)

✨ NAME ✨

Catmandu::Fix::set_array — bestie, this one adds or changes the value of a HASH key or an ARRAY index and makes it an array 💅

Oh also, this whole page lives in the User Contributed Perl Documentation section, so if you went looking for it under Catman..._array(3pm)… yeah that's the same girl, just with a cropped name 🎀

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

Okay so here's the tea, and it's a big one 🍓

Unlike add_field, this fix will not create the intermediate structures if they're missing. Nope. Not doing it. She said "if it's not already there, that's not my problem" 😭

So like… the path has to already exist, or she's just not gonna build it for you. Not her job, not her shift, no cap 💀

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

# Change the value of 'foo' to an empty array
set_array(foo)
# Or an array with initial contents
set_array(foo, "a", "b", "c")

Look at her go ✨ First form: set_array(foo) and boom, foo is now an empty array 🫶 Second form: set_array(foo, "a", "b", "c") and now foo is an array that already has "a", "b", and "c" sitting in it like the little icons they are 👑

No extra keys invented, no sneaky structures spawned. She only touches what's already on the map, fr fr 💖

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💜 SEE ALSO 💜

• Catmandu::Fix — go read that one too, she's the main character and this one is literally her supporting cast 🧚

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k byeeee, this was perl v5.40.1, dated 2026-01-24, straight from the User Contributed Perl Documentation section 🎀✨